Task force seals 42 schools in Kano

Task Force on private schools in Kano State has sealed off 42 private schools, following their failure to appear before the Task Force and register their schools in accordance with laid down rules and regulations in the state.

Announcing the closure of the schools to newsmen in Kano over the weekend, Head of the Task Force, Buba Umar, also threatened that more schools who failed to comply with the guidelines on establishing private schools would also be shut between January and February.

According to him, all the shut schools did not provide a conducive atmosphere for learning for their pupils, which is among the pre-requisite for establishing private schools in the state.

Besides, Umar called on parents to shun any increment of fees by private schools proprietor in the second term, which commences tomorrow, warning that any proprietor that flouts the order would be sanctioned appropriately.

Also, Umar accused private school proprietors of exploiting members of the public by charging parents exorbitant fees and disregarded curriculum, as well as failed to upgrade instructional materials and recruit qualified teachers.